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Microsoft To Make A Major Annoucement On Monday
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Microsoft has sent out invites to the press for a major announcement on Monday(18/06/12). It was a surprise for everyone that Microsoft sent an email with the following footnote.
This will be a major Microsoft announcement – you will not want to miss it.
The Microsoft media event will be held in Los Angeles, California. What could be the announcement from Microsoft ? It won’t be related to Windows 8, since they just released Windows 8 Release Preview for public. It won’t be related to Xbox, since E3 just got over. It won’t be related to Windows Phone, since Windows Phone summit is scheduled on Wednesday (20/06/12). It won’t be related to Windows Azure, since Microsoft just made major announ...
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Microsoft Patent Hints At Emotion-sensing Ad Delivery System
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The ad industry already works to serve us ads based on our interests and whatever demographics we fall into, but Microsoft could be looking to take things to the next level if a patent application is anything to go by.
Microsoft is apparently looking into serving advertisements based on users' reactions to content. No doubt you're familiar with pop-ups asking if the ads you just saw are relevant to you but a patent application from Microsoft details a method of figuring that out without having to ask you.
The application describes a scenario in which advertisers would specify desired emotional states of users they intend to target with ads as well as emotional tags linked to those desired em...
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Flame malware extinguishes itself, Microsoft protects against future burns
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The folks behind that nasty Flame trojan that burned its way through the Middle East aren't the kind to brag -- the malware's manufacturers apparently started dousing their own fire last week. According to Symantec reports, several compromised machines retrieved a file named browse32.ocx from Flame controlled servers, which promptly removed all traces of the malware from the infected systems. Although the attackers seem spooked, Microsoft isn't taking any chances, and has issued a fix to its Windows Server Update Services to block future attacks. The update hopes to protect networked machines from a similar attack by requiring HTTPS inspection servers to funnel Windows update traffic through...
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Microsoft Releases Intune 3.0 With Windows Phone Support
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Microsoft today announced the third version of Windows Intune, its cloud-based solution for PC and mobile device management and security. Along with the new people centric capabilities and upgrade rights to the latest version of Windows, the latest version now includes the ability to download “licensed available line-of-business software applications” on Windows Phone 7.0 & above, iOS and Android devices. I think enterprise support is much needed for Windows Phone devices and as Microsoft’s own division such as Server & Tools adding support for it is a good thing. We may see wide adoption among companies across the world as Windows Phone 8 gets released with much more enterprise support.
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Chrome Will Be on Windows 8 Metro Soon
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Google's Chrome browser will definitely be available as a Metro app in Windows 8. It works in both the Metro and Desktop settings, but not on the ARM platform, since Internet Explorer is the only browser Microsoft allows there. You'll be able to try it out in the next Chrome Dev channel release.
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Proof that Windows 8 may run Windows Phone apps
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There have been rumors for a while that Windows Phone 8 apps would work all the way up to the Windows 8 desktop environment, but we haven't actually had any confirmation that this functionality would exist. We have known for a while that Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 would share the same kernel, which meant that this functionality was always possible, but n ow, we have a bit of proof that apps will transcend devices.
Ever since the Windows 8 Preview Release was released last week, code monkeys have been digging through looking for any interesting tidbits that could be gleaned from the code, and one came across a Compatibility Switch line which is checking "IsAppEarlierThanWindowsPhone8". Thi...
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'Minecraft' creator claims Xbox 360 version is the best-selling Live Arcade game ever, with over two million sold
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It didn't take long to see that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition would be a huge hit. The game set a new single-day sales record on the Xbox Live Arcade last month, and now Minecraft creator Markus Persson (perhaps better known as Notch) has tweeted that the Xbox 360 version his game is the best-selling Xbox Live Arcade game ever, less than a month after launch. Apparently, the game has already sold over two million copies, according to a follow-up tweet by Daniel Kaplan, who serves as business developer for Minecraft publisher Mojang. Hitting the two million milestone isn't a huge shock — after all, the game managed to sell a cool million in less than one week. If Persson's claim is to be believ...
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Emergency Windows Update released to thwart spoofed Microsoft certificate in Flame malware
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Microsoft released an emergency Windows Update over the weekend to address a certificate spoof issue. The company said on Sunday that its update for all supported versions of Windows is related to the recently discovered Flame malware, where the software giant says it discovered this particular malware was using a spoofed Microsoft certificate. "We have discovered through our analysis that some components of the malware [Flame] have been signed by certificates that allow software to appear as if it was produced by Microsoft," revealed Microsoft's Mike Reavey.
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Wolfram Alpha+ pops up in Windows Phone Marketplace
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Wolfram Alpha+ just made its debut in the Windows Phone Marketplace. The 3rd party app enables users to enter queries and perform calculations.
The Wolfram Alpha+ app extends the native Windows Phone keyboard and adds an extra 18 specialized keys to make typing in formulas a snap. 2 of those keys can even be customized so you can tailor the keyboard to your personal needs.
The built-in calculator enables computations to be performed offline. It can simplify expressions entered into the search bar independent of an Internet connection.
Wolfram Alpha+ is available for free in the Windows Phone Marketplace right now.
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Bing now more social in the US, hopes you 'like' it and tweet about it
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There's no doubt the Redmond team is spending a hefty amount of time enhancing its search engine at any chance it gets. Adding to the Linked tweaks we'd previously seen, Microsoft's now making Bing more social -- at least in the US of A. The most recent changes bring a Metro-driven interface to the homepage, which boasts that Microsoft "three column design" we laid eyes on earlier this month. Naturally, the revamp will open the doors to improved search results, but this, of course, will depend heavily on if you're up to linking your Facebook, Twitter or other social network accounts with Bing. That said, something tells us you're definitely up to it.
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Google lashes out at Microsoft, Nokia over alleged patent trolling
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Google filed a regulatory complaint with the European Commission accusing Microsoft and Nokia of using their arsenal of mobile patents to raise costs to consumers.
Google alleges that Microsoft and Nokia colluded to "patent troll" the industry by hiring a third company, Canadian patent holdings firm MOSAID, to rigorously enforce patents across the mobile industry.
Google also shared their filing with the U.S. Justice Department and the FTC.
In September last year, Nokia reportedly sold 2,000 wireless patents to MOSAID, a company that makes billions collecting royalties from such patents.
MOSAID takes a third of the royalties and gives the rest to the patents' original holders, in this case M...
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Nvidia's new graphics drivers are certified for Windows 8
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If you had any reason to suspect that Nvidia wouldn't have fully-functional graphics drivers in time for Windows 8, you can probably dismiss them now: the company's new R302 drivers have been WHQL-certified by Microsoft specifically for the new operating system. That's the word from Nvidia's official blog, which explains that the R302 drivers are specifically for Windows 8, as earlier versions of the operating system will stick with R300 drivers. The new branch includes support for all the new WDDM 1.2 features (including things like stereoscopic 3D optimizations and flicker-free screen rotation), and Nvidia says it will support Nvidia 3D Vision for 3D games right away. Sounds like just the ...
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Rumor: Microsoft to update SkyDrive in late July, Recycle Bin feature and Android app in development
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Microsoft appears to be working on several SkyDrive updates for a launch in late July. The software giant has rolled out a number of SkyDrive improvements recently, including a Windows and Mac client...
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Google lobs antitrust complaint against Microsoft, Nokia in EU, claims they're playing patent footsie (updated)
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The gloves just came off at Google: the company has just filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission against Microsoft and Nokia. Its gripe accuses the two Windows Phone partners of playing dirty pool through handing 1,200 wireless-related patents to Mosaid, a Canadian firm which spends most of its time suing the industry over WiFi rather than making products. Microsoft and Nokia are allegedly hiking the prices of devices by "creating patent trolls" that bypass deals preventing them from suing directly, possibly steering a few companies towards picking Windows Phone instead of Android.
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Microsoft outs Windows Server 2012 release candidate ahead of big Windows 8 reveal
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Today marks the much-anticipated debut of Microsoft's Windows 8 Release Preview, and just ahead of that unveiling Redmond has posted the server edition of the new OS. Now available for download, the Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate includes a made-over Server Manager and replaces the Start Menu with the Metro UI. Moreover, Microsoft has reportedly removed legacy code that would allow users to boot into the classic desktop Start Menu. Windows Server 2012 will also feature the new Resilient File System for handling heavy-duty data and managing shared storage across machines. Applications that run on the current Windows Server 2008 should be compatible with this new version
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